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  • Leanne Day
    ‘Those Ungodly Pressmen’ : The Early Years of the Brisbane Johnsonian Club

    The Literary Club founded by Dr Samuel Johnson and Sir Joshua Reynolds in London in 1764 has been a model to successive Johnsonian clubs in many countries. The first such offshoot of the original was the Johnsonian Club in Brisbane…

    1 May 2003
  • Rowena McDonald
    Beatrice Davis and ‘The Sacredness of the Printed Word’

    ‘Beatrice Davis was the general editor for the Sydney publishing firm Angus & Robertson (A&R) from the late 1930s to the early 1970s and a central figure in the literary culture and production of books in Australia. In her role…

    1 October 2012
  • Chris Tiffin
    ‘Our Literary Connexion’ : Rosa Praed and George Bentley

    This essay examines Rosa Praed’s communication ‘through letters, agreements, publisher’s ledgers, and memoirs of her dealings with one of her early publishers, George Bentley of Richard Bentley & Son. These dealings were essentially professional and financial, but they were also…

    1 October 2012

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